Github API

GitHub API Skill

Authentication

# REST API
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "token YOUR_TOKEN"; "Accept" = "application/vnd.github.v3+json" }

# GraphQL API
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "bearer YOUR_TOKEN"; "Content-Type" = "application/json" }

REST API Operations

Get User Info

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/user" -Headers $headers

Create/Update File

$contentBase64 = [Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($content))
$body = @{ message = "commit msg"; content = $contentBase64; sha = $existingSha } | ConvertTo-Json
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/contents/PATH" -Method PUT -Headers $headers -Body $body

Create PR

$body = @{ title = "PR title"; body = "desc"; head = "branch"; base = "main" } | ConvertTo-Json
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls" -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $body

GraphQL API Operations

Update User Status (NOT available in REST API!)

$query = @{ query = 'mutation { changeUserStatus(input: {emoji: ":sparkles:", message: "Your status"}) { status { emoji message } } }' } | ConvertTo-Json
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/graphql" -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $query

Important Notes

• User status uses GraphQL, not REST (REST returns 404)
• README.md might be in .github/ folder
• GitHub releases use redirects, curl needs -L flag